Liberty place-kicker Matt Bevins of Newport News and Norfolk State offensive lineman Ryan Hathaway were among 52 players named to the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team.

Bevins has a 3.62 grade-point average on a 4-point scale.

Hathaway, a redshirt junior, has a 3.77 GPA and is majoring in electronics technology.

Also on the squad was Delaware quarterback Pat Devlin, who will lead the Blue Hens against Eastern Washington on Friday for the national championship.

FORMER WILLIAMSBURG RESIDENT HONORED

Carson Barnes, 80, a former dean of men and dean of students at William and Mary, was inducted into the Ferrum College Sports Hall of Fame.

He coached Ferrum's fledgling football program in 1957 and 1958 and guided four players to the status of junior-college All-American.

Later, he was a three-time batting champion of the Williamsburg City Softball League between 1960-68. Barnes eventually earned a master's degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from W&M.

MEN'S TENNIS

Virginia, seeking its first NCAA team championship, was ranked No. 1 in the national preseason poll. Virginia Tech was No. 24, the sixth ACC team in the survey.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

U.Va., at No. 23, was the only school from the state in the preseason top 25. Stanford held the top spot.